Global Indian Film Awards (GIFA) was an awards ceremony held between 2005 and 2007, conceptualized and founded by Sameer Khan and Jordy Patel to acknowledge excellence in the Hindi film industry and honour artists in 28 categories across various genres, from acting to film making. It is held in a different country each year, 2005 in
Dubai
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Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...
in 2006.
Jury
The jury members for the first awards were
Aziz Mirza
Aziz Mirza is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter, who is known for his works in Hindi cinema, Hindi films and television.
Personal life
Mirza is the son of screenwriter Akhtar Mirza, and brother of filmmaker Saeed Akhtar Mirza ...
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Om Puri
Om Prakash Puri, (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, English, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, and Marathi films, as well as ind ...
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Firoz Nadiadwala,
Kabir Bedi
Kabir Bedi (born 16 January 1946) is an Indian actor. His career has spanned three continents covering India, the United States and especially Italy among other Western countries in three media: film, television and theatre. He is noted for his ...
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Bharti Pradhan,
Umesh Mehra
Umesh Mehra is an Indian film director and producer. He was prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. His notable films include '' Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (1980), '' Sohni Mahiwal'' (1984) and Vardi (1989). He directed Akshay Kumar in three films in the ...
and Priti Hiranandani. The ceremony was organised at Dubai's
Al-Wasi Stadium from 25 to 27 January 2005.
The ceremony produced by Global Events, Dubai and is backed by Suniel Shetty, Chairman of Popcorn Entertainment. The jury members are:
Jackie Shroff
Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), known by his screen name Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model from Mumbai, Maharashtra, who primarily works in the Hindi film industry. In a career spanning over four decades, he ...
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Rati Agnihotri
Rati Agnihotri (born 10 December 1960) is an Indian actress, known for acting in Hindi, as well as in Telugu and Tamil language films. Her roles in the cult-tragedy film '' Ek Duuje Ke Liye'' (1981) and the drama film '' Tawaif'' (1985) earne ...
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Sajid Nadiadwala
Sajid Nadiadwala (born 18 February 1966) is an Indian film producer, film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. He is the owner of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and the grandson of filmmaker A.K. Nadiadwala. Sajid has written ...
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Sandeep Chowta
Sandeep Chowta (born 1967 or 1968) is an Indian music director who primarily works in Hindi cinema and Telugu cinema. He is also the head of Columbia Records in India. He has also sung some of his songs.
In 2003, he produced an anti substance ...
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Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal (14 December 1934 – 23 December 2024) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker. Often regarded as the pioneer of parallel cinema, he is widely considered as one of the greatest filmmakers post 1970s. H ...
, and Smita Thackeray.
Awards
References
Bollywood film awards
Awards established in 2005
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